Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
- Directed by
- Roy Del Ruth
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a musical comedy from 1929 about showgirls and their romantic pursuits. It uses early color film and sound to showcase songs and performances.
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What happens
Gold Diggers of Broadway (also known as The Gold Diggers of Broadway) is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is the second all-talking, all-Technicolor feature-length film (after On with the Show!, also released that year by Warner Bros). Gold Diggers of Broadway became a box office sensation, making Winnie Lightner a worldwide star and boosting guitarist crooner Nick Lucas to further fame as he sang two songs that became 20th-century standards: "Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips with Me" and "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine". Based on the 1919 play The Gold Diggers—which was also turned into a silent film of the same name in 1923—Gold Diggers of Broadway used showgirls, Technicolor, and sound as its main selling points. It was released in New York City on August 29, 1929, and was played at the Winter Garden Theatre. It was chosen as one of the ten best films of 1929 by The Film Daily. As with many early Technicolor films, no complete print survives, although the last twenty minutes do, but missing are a bridging sequence and the last minute of the film. Contemporary reviews, the soundtrack and the surviving footage suggest that the film was a fast-moving comedy which was enhanced by Technicolor and a set of lively and popular songs. It encapsulates the spirit of the flapper era, giving a glimpse of a world about to be changed by the Great Depression. Because Gold Diggers of Broadway has been considered a partially lost film since the 1970s, the loose remake, Gold Diggers of 1933, is the most frequently seen version of the story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Footlights and Fools (1929)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.